diff --git a/scripts/blog.js b/scripts/blog.js
index 1a2d976..b489012 100644
--- a/scripts/blog.js
+++ b/scripts/blog.js
@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@ $.ajax({
     url: "blog/src/posts.json",
     cache: false,
     success: function (json) {
-        let category = "Featured";
-        let match = window.location.search.match(/cat=([^&]+)/);
-        if (match) {
-            let cat = decodeURI(match[1]);
-            if (json.some(p => p.cat.includes(cat)))
-                category = cat;
-        }
-        populateBlog(json, category);
+        let category = window.location.search.match(/cat=([^&]+)/);
+        populateBlog(json, category && decodeURI(category[1]) || "Featured");
         forceToAnchor();
     }
 });
@@ -58,6 +52,8 @@ function populateBlog(json, currCat) {
 
     if (!archive.html())
         archive.html(`<em>There are no archived ${currCat} posts.</em>`);
+    if (!list.html())
+        populateBlog(json, "Featured");
 }
 
 function addCatButton(json, cats, cat, currCat) {